Print Week articles from July 2004

Print Week archives from July 2004

Butt to oversee investment at Broglia.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Broglia Press has appointed Muzna Butt as managing director as the company draws up plans for an 'ambitious investment programme'. Butt and her production team, led by Chris Grey, are in the process of drawing up a wish-list as part of...

Associated titles move to Polestar.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Polestar has signed a five-year contract to replace Quebecor World as the major printer of supplements for Associated Newspapers. The deal, predicted by PrintWeek last week, was officially rubber-stamped last Thursday (24 June). The...

Alarm over definition of letter.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Royal Mail's size-based pricing proposal is continuing to cause concern for the magazine and direct mail industry with differences over the issue of uniformity. The PPA and Royal Mail are set to meet and reach a compromise over the...

Print Factory's Pike bows out.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Print Factory has parted company with the head of its new arm Direct just two months after he joined the firm. Neil Pike joined the Northampton print/print management group at the end of April to run its new 3,700sq m direct mail and...

Mixed fortunes at Communisis.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Communisis had presented a mixed picture in its pre-close period trading update. Chief executive David Jones said the group had been 'surprised how poor it was in terms of demand' on the manufacturing side during the second quarter, but...

Stop Press: Domino Printing Sciences releases half-year results.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Domino Printing Sciences has released its half-year results, showing a 45% leap in pre-tax profit to pounds 11.4m. Sales for the ink-jet and laser printer manufacturer have increased by 8% (11% in local currencies).

Stop Press: During four-year spree Jory produced pounds 50m in fake notes.(documentary, )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... During a four-year UK forging spree Stephen Jory produced pounds 50m in fake notes. Found guilty in 1998 Jory will feature in a Channel 4 documentary Behind the Crime tonight (1 July). Security print specialist BemroseBooth has secured a BS...

Stop Press: Kroll Corporate Finance in discussions over sale of Neston Colour.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Administrator Kroll Corporate Finance is in discussions with several interested parties over the sale of Neston Colour. The Wirral-based web offset firm went into administration on 9 June. Free daily email news direct to your desktop,...

True North plant build set to begin.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Building work on Polestar's pounds 100m True North gravure plant is to start next Wednesday after it was granted planning permission. Sheffield City Council gave the go-ahead for the 65,000sq m plant, which will create as many as 1,300...

Curtis mill damaged in blaze.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Firefighters needed 10 fire engines to tackle a blaze at Curtis Fine Papers' Guardbridge mill at St Andrews, Fife on 27 June. A Fife fire brigade spokeswoman said: 'We needed so many appliances for the breathing apparatus required to tackle...

Legal loop halts Telegraph sale.
July 1, 2004... The future of West Ferry Printers is still in doubt after Hollinger International's pounds 665m deal to sell the Telegraph Group to the Barclay brothers looked set for a courtroom challenge. Lord Conrad Black, former chairman of the...

Shorts: New Jarrold Printing appoints Peter Strong as new chairman.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... New Jarrold Printing has appointed former Archant chief executive Peter Strong as its new chairman. NJP sales and marketing director Ian Thorpe said that Strong, who retired from Archant in 2002, had 'great experience' and was a 'good adviser'....

Shorts: Wyndeham Press Group made first awards under incentive plan.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Wyndeham Press Group has made the first awards under its long term incentive plan. A total of 305,000 shares have been divided between managing director Paul Utting, finance director Paul Hollebone and group operations director Roy Kingston. In...

Shorts: Platinum Prine increases size of its production area by third.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Harrogate-based printers Platinum Print has increased the size of its 1,115sq m production area by a third at Hookstone Park. The new production area will encompass 1,672sq m including an increased mailing department. Platinum now employs over...

Shorts: GPMU officials in talks with management at Euro Packaging.(Graphical Paper and Media Union)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GPMU officials are now in talks with management at Euro Packaging to negotiate a proper working structure, following the withdrawal of industrial action at the company (PrintWeek, 29 April). 'We are now actually talking to the company about...

Shorts: Tall Group acquires customer base of Aspen Preprint.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Tall Group has acquired the customer base of Aspen Preprint, following the Gloucestershire company's move into administration in May this year (PrintWeek, 3 June). Tall Group managing director Martin Ruda said it had reached an agreement...

Shorts: Serena Scarborough becomes first person to pass Introduction to Print Media Communication course.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Serena Scarborough, an account manager with Nilorn Calmon UK, has become the first person to pass the Introduction to Print Media Communication online course at Leeds College of Technology. Nilorn supplies and manufactures woven and printed...

Shorts: Avalon Trade Finishers purchases new machine.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Avalon Trade Finishers has purchased an MBO K76/6 KZ machine to replace an ageing Stahl unit at its Bristol base. Friedheim International, the sole UK and Ireland agents for MBO folders, supplied the new machine.

Shorts: Deadline for PrintWeek Awards 20004 draws near.
July 1, 2004... The deadline for the PrintWeek Awards 2004 is drawing near. If you want to be in with a chance of winning one of print's premier prizes then you need to submit your entries by Friday 16 July. For further information on how to enter and to...

Standout students honoured at print ceremonies.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Students in the print industry have won awards and scholarships in two ceremonies held last Thursday. Four young printers were awarded pounds 2,500 each in the inaugural BPIF Educational Scholarships, organised by the Printers' Charitable...

KBA forecasts loss despite a boost in orders.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... KBA's incoming orders in the first half of this year jumped 33% helped by orders at Drupa. Despite the jump in incoming orders to more than pounds 480m (eur720m), the group expects to post a loss for the period to the end of June 2004. ...

Guardian in pounds 50m switch to Berliner.(Guardian Media Group )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Guardian Media Group (GMG) has earmarked pounds 50m to relaunch The Guardian and The Observer in the Berliner format. The company's board has given the green light for the investment, including new presses for the format, which could hit...

Italian packing firm Seda sets up Wales base.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Italian-owned packaging group Seda is expanding in the UK with the creation of 190 jobs at a new plant in South Wales. Seda, which already has an operation in Buckinghamshire, received help from the Welsh Assembly though Regional Selective...

Pensord orders second 8-unit.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Pensord Press is investing a further pounds 2m in a second Heidelberg SM102-8P eight unit perfector and a folder, as the company continues to grow following last year's management buyout (PrintWeek, 13 June 2003). Chief executive Tony...

Empire mag printed with lenticular cover to mark release of Spider-Man 2.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The August issue of film monthly Empire magazine has been printed with a full-colour lenticular cover, to mark the release of the new Spider-Man 2 blockbuster this month. Print Interface in Kent produced the cover. 'We expect the issue to fly...

Heidelberg board member to leave.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Klaus Spiegel, Heidelberg management board member responsible for its entire product portfolio and marketing, is to leave the press giant at the end of the week. According to a company spokesman Spiegel was not leaving to join any other...

Ipex floor reveals 'optimism'.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Nearly half of the total floor space for Ipex 2006 has been sold indicating a 'new tide of optimism', according to organiser IIR. Sales have outstripped those at the same point for the 2000 event and 135 companies are committed to take on...

Mitsubishi fills two key roles.(Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP) has named Yoji Nishihara as UK managing director and Mick Carr as UK sales director of the sheetfed division. The appointments follow the sad death of Roy Jenkinson in April. 'Roy set up a good...

UPM in global trial of forest schemes.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Finnish papermaker UPM is to conduct parallel field testing of forest certification schemes in three countries, in order to test each scheme, increase certified production and improve its forest practices. Paivi Salpakivi-Salomaa, director...

British papers join Color Club.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Two British regional newspapers have won membership to an exclusive international club for the quality of their colour printing. The Leicester Mercury and Derby Evening Telegraph were among 50 newspapers from around the world, including the...

State called on to back SMEs.(Small and medium sized companies)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The BPIF has called on the government to offer more help to small businesses with the ever-growing burden of paperwork and red tape. The federation's comments came as Philip Hampton, who was appointed by Chancellor Gordon Brown to find ways...

Legal Notices.
July 1, 2004... This information is extracted from the print- and publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at: www.london-gazette.co.uk WINDING UP PETITIONS PRIDE MAGAZINE LTD RO:...

Keating starts its acquisition spree.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Packaging design, print and project management company Keating Group has bolstered its artwork capabilities by taking a majority shareholding in Packaging Networks. The supply-chain management company based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, is...

Gretag unveils auto Eye-One.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Following the successful demonstration of its prototype at Drupa, GretagMacbeth is to launch an automatic version of its affordable spectrophotometer the Eye-One. Although there is as yet no pricing or availability, the company hopes to...

Escher Euro HQ set in Belgium.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Canadian-based manufacturer Escher-Grad is to expand its operation with the opening of a European sales headquarters in Belgium. The addition is due to the popularity of the Cobalt series of violet platesetters. The new office will be...

William Clowes orders first Aga Xcalibur XXT VLF platesetter.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Beccles-based book printer William Clowes has ordered the UK's first Agfa Xcalibur XXT VLF platesetter. The company placed a pounds 300,000 order for a total pre-press system at Drupa. Alongside the Xcalibur, Clowes invested in an ApogeeX...

Shorts: ImageLinx invests in Esko-Graphics' DeskPack software.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Packaging graphics firm ImageLinx has invested in Esko-Graphics' DeskPack software for its offices in the UK and US. 'DeskPack enables us to work with files in a portable format using Adobe Illustrator,' said ImageLinx general manager Darren...

Shorts: DC Thomson upgrades newspaper publishing systems with software from Digital Technology International.
July 1, 2004... DC Thomson has upgraded its newspaper publishing systems with a range of software from Digital Technology International. The installation is expected to improve advertising booking systems by further automating order entries and providing...

Shorts: Arnold Cook Graphic Arts celebrates silver anniversary.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Arnold Cook Graphic Arts has celebrated its silver anniversary. To commemorate the event the UK distributor of Pantone products is offering a 10% discount on the first 200 orders received when accompanied by a silver anniversary order form.

Shorts: Advent3B2 has launched its electronic publishing platform Pure.
July 1, 2004... Advent3B2 has launched its electronic publishing platform Pure. It offers a sophisticated page composition via XML. The company said that the new product will include a 'pay per print' pricing model allowing unlimited free access to Pure for...

Shorts: Scottish Provincial Press upgrades to version three of IPA Systems' Sales.WORKS advertising system.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Scottish Provincial Press has upgraded to version three of IPA Systems' Sale.WORKS advertising system. Features include advanced selling aids such as multi-style preview with real-time pricing within the text editor. IPA has also installed a...

Shorts: Quark makes two further appointments to its UK team.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Quark has made two further appointments to its UK team. Tim Barber joins as sales engineer having previously been product manager at Pindar Technology, and Gerrard Walls has been made project manager having also worked at Pindar Technology....

Shorts: Gilchrist makes equipment donation to The Orthopaedic Research Foundation.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Gilchrist has made an equipment donation to The Orthopaedic Research Foundation, a medical research charity . Based at The Royal Free Hospital in London, Gilchrist has given a Tablet PC, which researchers will use instead of filling in forms...

Shorts: Vio's product Open, implemented by publisher Marshall Cavendish.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Vio's workflow product Open, has been implemented by publisher Marshall Cavendish for its emerging Central and Eastern European markets. The move is designed to gain full control of its communications to countries including the Czech Republic,...

Shorts: Markzware launches FlightCheck Basic Training courseware product.
July 1, 2004... Markzware has launched its FlightCheck Basic Training courseware product. It includes in-depth 'pre-flight' training from IO Technologies and step-by-step training on FlightCheck 5. Contact: www. markzware.com.

EFI sets agenda at its debut Connect.(Electrnics for Imaging Inc.)
July 1, 2004... In his opening address at the Connect event, held under the EFI banner for the first time since it acquired Printcafe last October, EFI chairman and chief executive Guy Gecht posed the question: 'Is print every industry's worst nightmare?' ...

DocuColor 8080 under wraps.
July 1, 2004... Speculation surrounds a new member of Xerox's hugely successful DocuColor 2000 series, which is slated to be launched before the end of the year. A machine, which is being referred to as the DocuColor 8080, was being shown by the digital...

Shorts: Encad introduces two new media.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Encad has introduced two new media: Kodak water resistant removable vinyl and Kodak water resistant scrim banner. Both can be used for a variety of indoor/outdoor applications including signage and exhibition graphics. Both products will be...

Shorts: One millionth book produced by Lightning Source.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A copy of The Cambridge Companion to the Eighteenth Century Novel, edited by John Richetti, was the one millionth book to be produced by the UK wing of on-demand book printer Lightning Source. 'Printing our millionth book marks a major...

Shorts: Screaming Colour adds to its digital finishing capabilities.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... London-based Screaming Colour has added to its digital finishing capabilities by adding a DigiFold, a Morgana Junior folder and an EBA 721 programmatic guillotine. The on-demand and variable data printing company had previously bought an...

Shorts: RPM Print and Design purchases new JUD binding machine.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Chichester-based RPM Print and Design has purchased a new JUD binding machine, a JUD MR720i, increasing its investment in its short-run book publishing division. The JUD MR720i can handle very short print runs including the binding of a single...

Shorts: SPS Group used new NUR Tempo flatbed ink-jet press to turnaround project for L'Oreal.
July 1, 2004... The SPS Group used its new NUR Tempo flatbed ink-jet press to turnaround a point-of-purchase project for skincare brand L'Oreal. SPS produced some 45 dump bins in three days, designed to introduce L'Oreal's new range of sunscreens in retail...

Shorts: Videojet Technologies acquires Zipher.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... US-based Videojet Technologies has acquired Zipher, a UK-based manufacturer of thermal transfer and large character ink-jet printers. The headquarters of Zipher will remain in Nottingham, and is expected to be a focus of future investment by...

Shorts: ArtSystems announces UK launch of HP DesignJet 5500mfp scanner and printer.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Hewlett-Packard wide-format distributor ArtSystems has announced the UK launch of the HP DesignJet 5500mfp large-format scanner and printer. Originals can be scanned up to 2,400dpi and the scanner/printer combination is ideal for those who need...

Arctic adds weight with Glacier range.
July 1, 2004... Arctic Paper is to launch Glacier, a new concept in paper and board combining coated with uncoated surfaces in weights up to 1,700gsm. Arctic Paper UK managing director Simon Ricketts said the project had started two years ago and involved...

Paper Pricewatch Newsprint, June 2004.
July 1, 2004... Anticipated price increases and an upbeat report by Cepiprint on capacity bode well for newsprint, says Josh Brooks. The month has seen continued stability in newsprint prices, although sources suggest that hikes could be on their way in...

Shorts: McNaughton Group celebrates Development Programme graduates receiving passing out certificates.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The McNaughton Group is celebrating its latest Development Programme graduates who are receiving their passing out certificates. Jamie Douglas and Matt Kendall received their wards from training solutions manager Kathleen King.

Shorts: Five residents win pounds 50 through Recycling competition.(East Hertfordshire District Council's Win50! Recycling competition, newsprint )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Five East Hertfordshire residents have won pounds 50 through Aylesford Newsprint and East Hertfordshire District Council's Win50! Recycling competition. The competition was staged to thank residents who regularly use green boxes to recycle...

Shorts: ArjoWiggins appoints Gerard Bougniart as chairman.
July 1, 2004... ArjoWiggins executive vice-president Gerard Bougniart has replaced Francois Wanecq as chairman of the management board of ArjoWiggins with effect from 17 June. Bougniart was previously chief executive for ArjoWiggins Carbonless Europe, which...

Shorts: British Safety Council Diploma awarded to Mike Hann.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Mike Hann, health and safety manager for Antalis in Basingstoke, has been awarded the British Safety Council Diploma in environmental management. Hann was among 22 environmental professionals who received awards on 3 June at a ceremony in...

Shorts: Steve Isaac joins Elliott Baxter.
July 1, 2004... Steve Isaac has joined Elliott Baxter's Littlehampton branch as outside salesman. Isaac, who's father also worked in the paper trade, is a former professional badminton player who also represented England.

Shorts: Royal Watercolour Society marks bicentenary with introduction of five new finishes of hand-made water-colour papers.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Royal Watercolour Society is marking its bicentenary with the introduction of five new finishes of hand-made water-colour papers. The paper has been produced at The Two Rivers Paper mill in Somerset from 100% true rag, and carries a...

Shorts: Uncoated paper Mellotex has been specified for 2003 Royal & Sun Alliance annual report.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Scottish independent papermaker Tullis Russell's premium uncoated paper Mellotex has been specified for the 2003 Royal & Sun Alliance annual report and summary financial statements. Butler and Tanner produced the report, which was designed by...

Shorts: Tempus magazine receives second prize in BCP best corporate publishing magazine in Cologne.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Stora Enso's stakeholder magazine Tempus has received the second prize in the 'Industrie, Technologie und Energie' category of the BCP best corporate publishing magazine in Cologne, Germany. A total of 515 publications took part in the contest,...

Target Direct wins charity campaign.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Target Direct Print has clinched the contract to manage the British Heart Foundation's direct mail (DM) print. The rolling contract, worth over pounds 500,000, will cover all of the charity's DM campaigns including its National Heart Week...

BuyingTeam aims for buyers.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Central London-based purchasing consultancy buyingTeam is targeting print buyers in an effort to ensure print is 'not stuck at the end of the procurement line'. The company said that it has 're-engineered the print supply process' for a...

Delta signs Safeway's Harris.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Former Safeway head of purchasing Richard Harris has been appointed operations director at point-of-sale (POS) specialist The Delta Group. Harris will be responsible for overseeing the firm's sales and marketing teams. In his previous...

EU Tenders.
July 1, 2004... Please read the important notes at the foot of the page, as PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details. The tenders below are abridged. It is essential that you obtain a full copy of the tender before contacting...

Comment: Will gravure's gains be grave news for web?
July 1, 2004... A-ha! Now we know why there's all this investment in gravure superplants in the UK (see p3). Well, it's now that we know for sure anyway. It's been a long-standing rumour that Polestar was building its gravure plant in Sheffield on the...

Opinion: DM will fight to consign 'junk' tag to the bin.(direct mail )
July 1, 2004... So, BBC 1's Brassed Off Britain series reveals that direct mail is officially the UK's most hated industry - to the surprise of nobody, of course. People who work in DM industry are now used to such negativity. One might even expect a...

The Ross Outlook: Higher interest rates are the price of success, not failure.
July 1, 2004... But the polarisation of print has meant many firms have seen little of the recent upturn. Printers will be bemoaning the second rise in interest rates in two months, the first time this has happened since January and February 2000....

Wallis: Show me a paper worth a mention let alone pension.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... To be blunt, I deplore the Daily Mail newspaper for myriad reasons. It skews reports irresponsibly and serves up fiction masquerading as fact. Normally, I would not cite the publication as a reference, but an exception has arisen. My...

Opinion: Violet is not the pretender to the throne.
July 1, 2004... Drupa proved that talk of a potential threat to thermal was rather premature, says thermal pioneer Dan Gelbart. Recent articles on a supposed revolution in CTP lasers have made me wonder: are we not creating a storm in a tea cup? From...

Opinion: Setting the record straight on the future of CTP.
July 1, 2004... With thermal dominating B1 and B2 and violet handling B3, there is a place for both techniques, says Brian Filler. Reading the views of Andy Tribute (CTP takes centre stage at Drupa, PrintWeek, 10 June), and Michael Mittlehaus (Rivals turn...

Why are clients outsourcing?
July 1, 2004... It's not just about saving money from the print bill, there are savings and efficiencies to be gained throughout the supply chain, finds Maja Pawinska. The economy may be in decent shape, but the lingering whiff of corporate accounting...

Inks: seeds of change?
July 1, 2004... Sun Chemical has staked its future on a new range of vegetable oil based inks. Simon Eccles reports. After several years of dipping its toes in the market for 'green' vegetable oil based inks, Sun Chemical jumped in completely at Drupa...

Product of the Week: Bacciottini Pit Stop AF.
July 1, 2004... Robust and, as stop-start creasers go, speedy the Pit Stop is aimed at digital printers. Karen Charlesworth reports. Digital printers know all too well the problem of paper cracking along fold lines. Toners and digital inks do not penetrate...

Me & My Machine: KAS Sprint 3000.
July 1, 2004... Kelleway found the 3000's hand-fed capabilities ideal for its short-run booklet work, writes Simon Creasey. After 15 years working for BASF, Paul Kelleway felt like a change. 'I'd been watching the development of digital print technology...

Buyers' Guide: Multipurpose paper.
July 1, 2004... With so many printing techniques on the market, adaptable papers continue to prove popular. As printing and copying technology has improved, so customer demand for better quality paper has grown. Multipurpose papers have been in vogue for...

Jo's Help Line: Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles.
July 1, 2004... CLAMP QUERY There used to be a product available for absorbing some of the clamp pressure on a guillotine when cutting NCR work to prevent 'bruising'. This was achieved by attaching a magnetic 'pad' to the underside of the guillotine...

Insite: www.color.co.uk.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Color Company's homepage boasts that it offers 'printing services the modern way'. In this world of online proofing and PDF as standard, Insite has to agree that offering similar online services to individual businesses is a step forward....

Diary Dates.(Directory)
July 1, 2004... VISION IN PRINT CONFERENCE 8-9 July 2004 Warwick University Contact 020 7404 5444 visioninprint@hsaevents.co.uk BPIF EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2004 13 September 2004 Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square London Contact...

Tried & Tested: Creo EverSmart range.(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 2004... For the past seven years, Creo scanners have set the standard in resolution and speed, finds Josh Brooks. The secondhand market for scanners runs at a slower pace than for some other types of kit, due to the fast pace of advances in...

Print's Past: Women printers.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... For women considering joining the printing profession, finding female inspiration is difficult. During its 550 years, the printing trade has had many women workers, but few doyennes apart from 16th century French printer and publisher Charlotte...